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Day of marriage February 24, 1960

• The temperature on February 24, 1960 was between -1.2 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
  • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
  • August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
  • November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
  • November 2 » Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
  • December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.

Day of death July 1, 2005

• The temperature on July 1, 2005 was between 12.3 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • March 1 » In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
  • April 6 » Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
  • April 14 » The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
  • May 10 » A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 60 feet from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
  • July 26 » Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
  • August 15 » The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Marlon Brando, American actor and director (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2005 » Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (Change) (b. 1951)
• 2005 » Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (Four Tops) (b. 1936)